Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
GARY NUMAN **** HMV PICTURE HOUSE, EDINBURGH
Charlie's Diary (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Various folks are getting upset for one reason or another about the hacking and redistribution of internal emails from the University of East Anglia's climate research unit. Frankly, I can't be arsed commenting on it — because marine biologist and...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Tripod, Dublin: Thirty years ago, synthesizer maestro Gary Numan foretold the arrival of a chilly dystopia, a future of crystalline surfaces, muted unhappiness and social disconnection. With heavy irony, the album that described it was calledThe Pleasure Principle. Today, crammed into the Tripod with an army of nostalgic, nodding and sometimes air-punching Numanoids, it’s easy to believe that...
Sweeping The Nation (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Whilst thinking about tracks to nominate for this list, I did try to consider any major leaps or bounds which occurred in musical styles throughout the decade. The more I thought about this, the more I came to the conclusion that the main noughties trend which appeared to be without precedent (bar a couple of jokey examples towards the end of the nineties which set the ball rolling) was the mash-up....
Liverpool Confidential (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
We've got cheap tickets for this foodie-friendly music festival in the Yorkshire Dales
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
YouTube via DX5. For those new to the site, I use the YouTube titles for post titles, so this is DX5, not me, matrix. "Rendition to one of the synthpop pioneers. Gear: Upper : Roland JP8000 Lower : Roland JX-8P Backtrack recorded on Pro Tools with Reason rewired"
Music Fascination (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Gary Numan performs at Manchester Academy on November 21, 2009 in Manchester, England.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Sigmund Freud's term for the unmoderated pursuit of gratification which characterises the id during childhood was always a peculiar title for a Gary Numan album. The Pleasure Principle didn't fit the mood of the record, and it certainly didn't fit the image of the man who was locked out from – or locked himself out from – the hedonistic Like Punk Never Happened party of early 1980s pop....
The Cedar Lounge Revolution (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The Horrors? Why yes, let’s for a change look at something contemporary. I missed their first album, bar Sheena is A Parasite – guest stars and suchlike not withstanding, writing them off as a sort of one trick pony band, a bit like The Hives of yesteryear. That’s not entirely unreasonable, their carcrash sound of punk/garage/goth [...]
Welshpurpletree's Weblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Last night we went to see Gary Numan at the very grandly named Millennium Music Hall, which sounds like it should be big, but is in fact a little bar type venue with an 800 capacity. This was Numan’s 30th Anniversary Tour of The Pleasure Principle album. I’ve got to say I wasn’t overly excited about [...]
.:LOOPZILLA.DE:. (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Thomas H green finds the synthpop pioneer on top form
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Artice Monkeys, Beyoncé, Morrisey, Ian Brown, Gary Numan - various venues
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
IN a year when artists ditched guitars in favour of synthesisers, Gary Numan finally got his due. Which is superb, even better that he's touring to celebrate the 30th anni
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